Another couple is concerned their child will be born with sickle cell anemia.  The woman does not have sickle cell anemia.  The woman’s mother had sickle cell anemia and her father was a carrier of the sickle cell gene.  The man knows that he is not a carrier of the sickle cell gene.  What is the probability that the child will be a carrier of sickle cell anemia?

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Another couple is concerned their child will be born with sickle cell anemia.  The woman does not have sickle cell anemia.  The woman’s mother had sickle cell anemia and her father was a carrier of the sickle cell gene.  The man knows that he is not a carrier of the sickle cell gene.  What is the probability that the child will be a carrier of sickle cell anemia?

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